[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by khalleron

You mean, 'get behind me bearer of different agendas than mine.'

Um, no actually.... But if you haven't noticed, I decided a few minutes after writing that, that it was maybe a little too harsh, so I deleted it.

I am not so sure I can be accused of having agendas when I specifically say things like:

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Perhaps you should consider that nothing is ever absolutely perfect and it all depends on what people value. Amazon Kindles provide a number of services and features Sony does not (and I assume vice versa). As I am sure Kobo and other devices as well, although I cannot speak from personal experience.
In this case, a frontlight.

Your absolutism is not, IMNSHO, very good advice.

I feel I did a pretty good job of ameliorating my natural bias toward the Kindle, and achieved a decent stab at objectivity.

Seriously, dude, lighten up. Someone wants something different in an ereader than you do, there's no need to take it personally and go off on a multi-paragraph rant. It's like insulting someone because they don't buy Jif peanut butter.

I will always rant at someone who finds it objectionable, to use your parable, for me to buy Jif peanut butter. Reread my rant. I basically have a problem with the idea of claiming it is "false advertising" to say the Kindle is an "ereader" because "it cannot turn off the light and doesn't read EPUB".